Known Issues - September 10, 2008
 

Known Issues - September 10, 2008

• On rare occasions a player's ship will be stuck at sea
  • Workaround: The next time the game servers are restarted, the ship will return to the player
• A recent AVG Internet Security update falsely detects Pirates Online's "Launcher1.exe" as a Trojan Horse.
  • Workaround: Download the latest definition file from AVG released Sunday, April 27
• Trend Micro Anti-Virus has falsely detected Pirates Online's Launcher1.exe as a Trojan Horse
  • Workaround: Download the latest definition file from Trend Micro
• Occasionally, a Boss Battle crew will not remain intact after teleporting to the Boss Battle
• Members of the crew will sometimes get left behind when boarding a flagship, causing the player to be unable to move.
  • Workaround:Hitting F1 will release the player.
• The Whisper chat window closes the second time you click Whisper and try to send a message.
  • Workaround: Close and re-open the Pirate's avatar panel each time you want to whisper to a fellow Pirate.
• The Lookout System seems like it is often not able to find matches for higher level Pirates looking to do PVP
  • Workaround: Invite other high level Pirates to PVP before initiating the Lookout System.
• The chat panel sometimes switches to Local when you are chatting with your Guild or Crew.
  • Workaround: Click either the Guild or Crew chat tab.
• On rare occasions, pressing the Enter button on the keyboard will not bring up the Chat window.
  • Workaround: Click on the gold arrow next to the skull icon, which is found in the bottom left hand corner of the game window.
• Game does not minimize when clicking Upgrade button on Mac.
  • Workaround: Switch your game settings to Windowed Mode
• Grenades are not hitting the fort floors or ship floors.
  • Workaround: You must hit an enemy directly to cause damage.
• Vista and Mac game-related crashes occurring while boarding, sailing, and docking ships
  • Workaround: For users with ATI video cards, try updating to the newest driver version which you can download from here

Cool...

I really dont like the word "Workaround".

In big "D" speak this seems to mean "Excuse not to fix", the "Workaround" list just gets bigger....

Yes, it does seem to keep getting bigger, doesn't it?

Oh well, this will continue to happen probably.

~Captain_Sea